Ask HN: Why can't I run xcode/iMessage on Linux?

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5 years ago

It is now easier then ever to get a MacOS VM up and running on a linux machine, using something like Simple MacOS Kvm(https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM).

People have also got MacOS running inside docker containers and on k8: * https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBELP05oPO4&ab_channel=AltConf

There have been big moves to get windows video games to run well on linux with the help of services like Proton (https://www.protondb.com/) and Lutris (https://lutris.net/). Why not apple services?

I can run apple services easily inside of my MacOS KVM VM, why I can't directly run services imessage or xcode on my linux machine? MacOS could be running headless inside a docker container, and have an interface on the linux side to look at imessage or xcode, right?

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